Rosedale Abeey, Yorkshire Moors

A few reminders of our weekend

- Charlie "Bad Back" Grant
- Pete "7 Days for the Price of 3" Smith
- Simon "Who Knew I was a Pro Golfer?" Piercy
- Tim "I'm watching Match of the D... zzzZZZ" Spate
- Dave "What?! No internet?!" Noble
- Steve "Jamaican Cornflour Porridge" Barker
- John "Broadband Hogger" Astbury

Friday

The "Now That's What I Call Simon's Music Quiz" is dominated by Simon

Simon, Charlie and Tim stop in Pickering to place Grand National bets. There's a nice 1958 MG A in the car park. They meet up with John for a pint.

We all meet up at the cottage

Splendid food and drink at the White Horse Farm Inn

Saturday

(Mapping courtesy of Simon Piercy)

Pete's breakfast includes Dave's butcher's choice sausages and black pudding - also Steve's scrambled eggs made from the local farm free range chicken eggs

Steve prepares his "Jamaican Cornflour Porridge"

Steve replaces his IOU with cash for the eggs (£1.50 per dozen)

(Photo courtesy of Steve Barker)

Off we go, in the drizzle ... and lots of mud

Simon can't post his letter because this King Edward VII post box is blacked-out and blocked

But just ahead is a shiny, red Queen Elizabeth II box

More free range eggs - but these are more eggspensive at £2 per dozen

A nice little gaff

Horse whisperer

Simon goes for the muddy gate route; Dave for the stone stile

Dave peers over Pete's shoulder wondering what the hold up is ...

Land Rover graveyard

"Hey, that's my job!"

Down the valley

Ruins

Lunch stop. Steve tucks in ...

Piercy Pot Noodle Pic

The Usual Suspects

Rosedale East Mines

Geocache

Chickens ...

... Chickens everywhere

Beats

Come in, No. 3 - the oven is ready ...

Flooded

Baa baa, black sheep

We stop off for a pint at the local

(Mapping courtesy of Simon Piercy)

(We actually did the same walk, but from Cropton, Nov. 2009)

Beautiful day

Cattle grid drainage problem

The Usual Suspects

Tree!

A beer at The Blacksmiths Arms

Those of us that went into the bar had to don these rather fetching muddy boot covers

(Photo courtesy of Steve Barker)

Followed by lunch on the green opposite

Churchyard

Yet more free range eggs - but these are even more expensive - £2.40 per dozen!

A lovely old Humber

Lastingham place stone

Anna Cross

So at this point Pete got a signal on his phone and said he could see a more direct and quicker route home. Steve, Simon and Dave followed him (despite being warned). Tim, Charlie and John went the other (correct) way ... and beat the others home by 17 minutes!

How many Ls in TRANQUILITY ?

We go to The Coach House Inn for a meal and the pub quiz ...

Piercy Potting

Steve gets his beloved cheesecake

Team "Home First" take it down!

In their late night poker session, Simon and Charlie have a very rare situation playing Omaha - they have the same four card hand as each other!

So the Masters Golf was on during the weekend and a certain "S. Piercy" was doing rather well...

Monday

We all pack-up and leave ... apart from Pete, who stayed on to be joined by his family for the rest of week

(Photo courtesy of Steve Barker)